Translation - EnglishOne of the greatest mistakes of the second half of the twentieth century has been, without doubt, the fitted carpet.

Synthetically, fitted carpets are woollen expanses of great monotony and vulgarity. They deprive the feet of direct contact with the hard reality of the floor, accustoming Man to a false impression of the ground he walks on, cultivating within him the futile and unmanly worship of “fluffiness”. They foster all kinds of derisive myths- “ash is good for carpets”, “a fitted carpet is a way of saving energy”- and they lead to certain practices which we will shame us in front of future generations. (You, dear reader, looking at the floor, deeply convinced, and saying sententiously “This carpet needs shampooing”…)

“Shampooing!” Like every Anglo-Saxon gerund, it sounds ridiculous coming from a Portuguese mouth. Another similarly inane gerund is that of “brushing”, uttered in "coiffure” salons as if it were a highly technical term learnt during a limited-availability seminar with the hairdresser Dusty Fleming: “Vamos avançar com um bocado de brushing, está bem?” (“Let’s move on to a little brushing, all right?”). And the hair analogy does not end there.

Translation - EnglishIn relation to the objectives, non-violence stood out as a way of exercising resistance, a way to fight legitimately in favour of social, political and economic change by using all of the legal instruments which can guarantee the dignity of human beings, their rights to physical and mental security, and their right to life. The focus was on identifying a mechanism to unite the powers for non-violent resistance and non-violent action in the local and regional area. They collected together the suggestions put forward regarding the integration of the existing diverse efforts: to create a regional network for non-violence, to establish a resource and information centre on non-violence, and to carry out periodic meetings about the regional area, etc...

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If you want your words to reach out to a new audience then translating your message literally is not likely to strike the right chord. Translation involves cultural, as well as linguistic, transference: it involves recasting and recreating a text, preparing it for a new audience who receives your words in the context of their own culture.

Hello, I’m Caroline Reiss. I’m a qualified translator, multilingual copywriter and proofreader based in Leeds, UK. I specialise in the translation of creative texts, such as websites, brochures, newsletters and other marketing materials.

Since 2006 my clients have relied on me to help them transcend barriers and to reach out to an ever-widening audience. I have previously translated websites and brochures, blog posts, slogans and headings, travel guides and reviews, magazines and newspaper articles/columns for clients who’ve been more than satisfied with the results that my words have achieved for them.

I preserve the accuracy, clarity and original ‘feel’ of your message and materials. Translation in the Creative Media sector often involves a collaborative approach, so I combine my knowledge with your industry experience to create a linguistically and culturally appropriate message. I can be flexible in my approach to your project as I am a human translation service, frequently using Computer Assisted Translation (CAT) tools for quality assurance but never employing Machine Translation.